Calvin Osborne
About Calvin Osborne
Articles written by Calvin Osborne:
Don’t Let it be a Drag, Queen
A Perspective on Harvard’s History of Drag
“If you can’t love yourself how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?” This quote is repeated at the end of most episodes of Ru Paul’s Drag Race, a show responsible for making drag mainstream. The show starts with a dozen queens strutting on a runway, and they then compete against each other […]
Hasty Pudding’s (Wo)men of the Year
The memorable in the absurd
“What the hell is going on?” Jason Bateman asked, knowing full well that he was flown first-class to Cambridge in order to receive a metal pot from a few college kids in drag. The Hasty Pudding Institute—home to Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the Hasty Pudding Club, and the A Capella group the Krokodiloes— bestows two awards […]
Get Your Act Together: The Golden Globes in Retrospect
What took the Golden Globes off the Air?
On January 9th 2022, the Golden Globes were scheduled to air, an awards show organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) that celebrates achievements in movies and television, both domestic and international. For many people this show is an anticipated event, being recognized for many of its attributes: comedic emcees including Ricky Gervais in […]
West Side Story: One Good Review, One Bad One
Spielberg Strikes Again
West Side Story is one of the most recognizable American works: it’s been placed in the National Film Registry, has had more than a handful of Broadway and West End reboots, and now has two film adaptations. Composer Leonard Bernstein and lyricist Stephen Sondheim worked together to create a riveting, modern-day take on Romeo and […]
Technique: A Review
The Harvard Ballet Company’s triumphant return to stage
It’s not your typical Thursday at the Harvard Dance Center. Audience members swarm the double-doors, grateful for any respite from the chilly November night, and they are more than delighted to witness the first in-person performance of the Harvard Ballet Company in over a year. Jackets are shed, seats taken, and phones turned off. All […]
Ouimillie and Post-COVID Fashion
An outsider’s look on the changes in a closeted industry
Less than a ten minute walk from the quad was a photoshoot for the fall marketing campaign of Ouimillie (pronounced we-mill-ee). Ouimillie is a fully women-owned and operated interior design and fashion boutique based in Cambridge, and the boutique was started by Millicent Culter, pushing the focus of fashion towards curating small, local designers across […]